Abordaje de la victimología en la justicia transicional en Colombia.

Abstract

This paper reflects the study, analysis and reflection on the role of victims in the Colombian armed conflict from their personal sphere to the development of social institutions such as the family, illustrating the reader about the realities suffered by the family as a victim of forced displacement, the silence of rural children and adolescents, as well as the challenges of transitional justice included among many in the search for missing persons in Colombia on the occasion of the armed conflict, emphasizing the challenges of the State and society in guaranteeing truth, justice, reparation and guarantee of non-repetition.

The family, often seen as an essential unit for social cohesion, is deeply affected by forced displacement, which uproots it and fractures its internal dynamics. Within this context, rural children and adolescents, who are often silenced, represent a particularly vulnerable sector, whose voices and traumas have historically been made invisible in the framework of transitional justice. Transitional justice in Colombia faces enormous challenges, including the search for the missing, one of the deepest wounds of the conflict. The work of clarifying their whereabouts is not only a legal obligation, but also a moral necessity for the country, as it guarantees the right of families to know the truth.

The above, with the purpose of addressing some of the lines of research of the Seedbed of Transitional Justice and Peace Building of the Faculty of Law of the Military University Nueva Granada.